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James Stout

HIST101 · HIST110 · 20610L · HIST20610 · HIST100 · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Avoid unless you have no choice; online sections are especially risky for grades and clarity.

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough GraderConfusing StructureHarsh Online GradingBoring LecturesMixed In-Person
  • Most online reviews , and .
  • one glowing HIST100 review versus harsh, boring lectures.
  • Overall take-again rate is very low; .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Tough grading on discussions and heavy effort with little margin for error.

Online reviews stress harsh discussion grading; with few recoverable high-stakes scores.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

, and lectures that do not align with quizzes raise intellectual load beyond a standard survey class.

Online students cite messy modules and huge reading loads; one in-person HIST100 review found content easy if you listen.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

68/100

Most online sections list attendance as not mandatory, while as required.

; in-person evidence is mixed between mandatory and optional.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Roughly one in ; most comments urge students to pick anyone else.

Online reviews are almost uniformly negative; in-person has two positive .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

, and refusal to round grades dominate the comments.

Format shift

and in person, with only rare lenient-feeling HIST100 reports.

Workload

Heavy

35/100

Countless discussion posts, large textbooks, and .

Format shift

Online students highlight endless discussions and reading; .

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Lectures are often called boring, scattered, or misaligned with assessments, despite a couple of .

Format shift

Online teaching experience is widely panned; .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

32/100

, and few major assessments rather than a pure exam-heavy model.

Format shift

Online is discussion and quiz heavy; some in-person sections are described as .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

one student calls him the coolest professor at Mesa while others call him the worst and stingy with points.

Main concern

Inconsistent lecture quality and .

What students said

“James is the coolest professor in Mesa. He makes history really interesting... .”
HIST100
“Worst professor EVER! !”
HIST110
“He grades way too hard and if you do bad on one big grade, it's hard to recover.”
HIST110

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections are widely described as , and .

Main concern

, and modules that do not match assessments.

What students said

“Please don't enroll in this professors course, he grades very harshly, but more importantly, you only get one attempt for .”
HIST101
“This is probably the . Nothing makes sense & the set up is a mess.”
20610L
“Even if you think your discussion posts are "A" level, most likely Professor Stout will grade it down and provide irrelevant criticism.”
HIST100

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessments mix online quizzes and ; friendliness is low due to harsh scoring.

One-attempt quizzesDiscussion-heavy gradingTest heavy in personFew graded items

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person comments mention test-heavy grading with few assessments, so one bad score is hard to recover.

Test heavyFew graded itemsHigh-stakes recovery risk
“ ”
HIST110
“Not a lot of tests so if you miss them you're boned.”
HIST100

Online

Online assessments focus on discussion posts and .

One-attempt quizzesHarsh discussion gradingCanvas confusion
“you only get one attempt for ”
HIST101
“graded unnecessarily hard. Even if you think your discussion posts are "A" level, most likely Professor Stout will grade it down”
HIST100

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Please don't enroll in this professors course, he grades very harshly, but more importantly, you only get one attempt for .”

Voice snapshots generated from 10 reviews (6 online, 4 in and structure issues. Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

28/100

“Has no and none of his teachings/modules/prezis make any sense.”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

22/100

“Worst professor EVER! !”

📝

18/100

“he is so stingy with and will not round up your grade.”

📚

35/100

“SO MUCH READING. Unrealistic expectations.”

Theme 1

🧑‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Never gave good points on discussions with .
  • The lectures were sloppy but occasionally provided information for the quizzes.
  • his lectures are boring and all over the place.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Gave 0 on final paper and failed.
  • He grades way too hard and if you do bad on one big grade, it's hard to recover.
  • he always finds something unrelated to mark down.

Theme 3

💻 About Online Structure

  • Nothing makes sense & the set up is a mess.
  • You have to go back and forth between the syllabus and the online course layout to figure out what to do.
  • textbook readings and prezi have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, to do with the .

Data context

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Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

10

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Ten reviews across 2018-2025 with , but split online versus older in-person praise lowers full confidence.

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 56

Course coverage

HIST1004 reviews
HIST1012 reviews
HIST1102 reviews
20610L1 review
HIST206101 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

2

B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D+ 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1